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Amyclas of Sparta

Greek mythological character

Amyclas
King of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
Other names	Amyclus
Predecessor	Lacedaemon
Successor	Argalus
Abode	Sparta
Personal information
Parents	Lacedaemon and Sparta
Siblings	Eurydice
Consort	(1) Diomede (2) unknown
Children	(1) Argalus, Cynortas, Hyacinth, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Hegesandre and ?Polyboea (2) Daphne

In Greek mythology, Amyclas (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλας, romanized: Amýklas) or Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia.

Mythology

Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta, and brother of Queen Eurydice of Argos. After marrying Diomēdē, daughter of Lapithes, in 1351 BC,^[1] he became the father of Argalus,^[2] Cynortas,^[3] Hyacinth,^[4] Laodamia^[5] (or Leaneira^[6]), Harpalus,^[7] Hegesandre^[8] and possibly of Polyboea.^[9] In other versions of the myth, Amyclas was also called the father of Daphne.^[10]

Regnal titles
Preceded by Lacedaemon	King of Sparta	Succeeded by Argalus

Notes

^ "Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". ACT 青森ケーブルテレビ.
^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882–1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.